Thank you very much, Chair. I appreciate that.
Unfortunately I missed your presentation, because right after the vote, I was required in the House.
This is somewhat related. Several members of this subcommittee are actually members of the agriculture committee, including me. We're going to be travelling to Washington next week, June 3 to June 5, to talk about COOL and to express our concerns. In the United States, we've heard some of the arguments put forward in support of the COOL initiative--that it's a food safety issue, which is where it kind of touches on what we're discussing tonight. We think it's more of a market limiting initiative that is certainly having an impact.
I wanted to ask Mr. Hodges a question. We're fortunate to have you here tonight.
As you know, we launched a WTO trade action on this. I would like to know your thoughts on the trade action and whether you have spoken positively of that or what your thoughts are.